Maria Victoria Proaño, born in Ecuador. National Security Consultant and Expert, Intelligence Analyst, at the Strategic Political level. Director of postgraduate thesis, on Social Aspects. Curriculum planner for postgraduate educational establishments. Organizational Psychologist. Consultant on the problems of WOMEN, in Security.
She worked as Head of Public Relations and Protocol, at the Institute of Higher National Studies, IAEN, Specialist at the National Security Council, COSENA. Intelligence Analyst. Advisor-Professor of the Security and Development Courses at the Institute of Higher National Studies, IAEN. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Joint Command of Ecuador. Participant in the coordination and development of public Security and Development policies, with the Planning Secretariat. Advice and Execution of Journalist Courses for Correspondents. Guest professor of National Security in the Army, Naval Force and Air Force War Academy courses. Member of the Advisory Committee of AFCEA International, Ecuador chapter. Founding member of the Network of Latin American Experts and Analysts, REAL.
She has a Higher Diploma and Master in Security and Development from the Institute of Higher Studies of Ecuador. She obtained a Doctorate in Educational Sciences at ESPE, University of the Armed Forces. Title of Organizational Psychologist, from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. PUCE. International Diploma in Strategic Political Analysis, from the Latin American Christian University of Panama. Certifications from the Inter-American Defense Board on Women’s Issues. Graduated from the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, Washington DC. William, J. Perry. on Planning and Administration of Defense Resources.